Polar tweed was discovered in mechanically stressed LaAlO3. Local patches of strained material (diameter ca. 5 μm) form interwoven patterns seen in birefringence images, Piezo-Force Microscopy (PFM) and Resonant Piezoelectric Spectroscopy (RPS). PFM and RPS observations prove unequivocally that electrical polarity exists inside the tweed patterns of LaAlO3. The local piezoelectric effect varies...

‘Identifying the conditions that favour successful PFM reform is a good start, but we need to understand the possibilities when not all of these conditions are present.’ Following more than a decade of intensive activity, the debate on public financial management (PFM) reform in developing and transition countries seems settled. The main elements of technical good practice are clear and the cri...

The usefulness of pulse Frl.!qucncy Mudulation (PFM) in information transmission is ..:mpasizcd. Biological systems <Jlso usc Pulse Frcqu.:ncy Modulation in Lransmilling informations. An atlcmpl was made for an cx:pcrimcntal test on PFM. Some results of the experimental test show that almost distortion free information recovery, from the frequency modulated pulse train, is possible by low-pass ...

Hypothesis / aims of study Studies report that whole-body vibration (WBV) recruits about 95-97% of the muscle fibers, due to the oscillations generated by the vibrating platform, which can enable both surface and deep muscles. Lauper (2009) reports that the active vibration the muscles of the pelvic floor (PFM) which may improve your reflex stimulation and synergistic [1,2]. The objective of th...

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor is the dominant electronic imaging device in many application fields, including the mobile or portable devices, teleconference cameras, surveillance and medical imaging sensors. Wide dynamic range (WDR) imaging is of interest particular, demonstrating a large-contrast imaging range of the sensor. As of today, different approaches have ...

BACKGROUND Current measurement tools have difficulty identifying the automatic physiologic processes maintaining continence, and many questions still remain about pelvic floor muscle (PFM) function during automatic events. OBJECTIVE To perform a feasibility study to characterise the displacement, velocity, and acceleration of the PFM and the urethra during a cough. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PART...

A new configuration of the passive fluxmeter (PFM) is presented that provides for simultaneous measurements of both the magnitude and the direction of ambient groundwater specific discharge qo and Cr(VI) mass flux J(Cr). The PFM is configured as a cylindrical unit with an interior divided into a center section and three outer sectors, each packed with a granular anion exchange resin having high...

AIMS To compare magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the pelvic floor musculature (PFM), bladder neck and urethral sphincter morphology under three conditions (rest, PFM maximal voluntary contraction (MVC), and straining) in older women with symptoms of stress (SUI) or mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) or without incontinence. METHODS This 2008-2012 exploratory observational cohort study was co...

Objective The objective of this study is to associate the results obtained while assessing the pelvic floor muscles (PFM) functionality with the score of sexual satisfaction of young adult women. Methods This is an observational and cross-sectional study. The inclusion criteria were women aged between 20 and 40 years who have had sexual intercourse, nulliparous, BMI lower than 25 kg/m(2), and a...

BACKGROUND Chronic pain is common in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), but the co-morbidity of fibromyalgia (FM) has yet to be investigated in MS. Objectives of the study were to evaluate, among the various types of chronic pain, the frequency of FM in MS and its impact on MS patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL). MATERIAL AND METHODS 133 MS patients were investigated for the p...